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Marshall, McLean Students Place in DECA Contest

Sixteen students from local high schools either placed in or were event winners at the Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference held virtually March 3-7. DECA is a career and technical student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs to be college and career ready.

These students earned the right to compete at the virtual DECA International Career Development Conference April 12 – May 6.

Marshall High School students — Nadia Malik, 3rd place, Entrepreneurship Series; Spencer Nash, finalist, Finance Operations Research; Lily Weaver, finalist, Innovation Plan; Joseph Long, finalist, Principles of Business Management and Admin and Jordan Aulestia, finalist, Principles of Finance.

McLean High School students — Jason Chadwick & Jay Shin, 1st place, Marketing Management Team Decision Making; Julie Bodet & Maggie Womack, finalist, Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making; Eren Parla & Amit Rajesh, finalist, Financial Services Team Decision Making; Gabe DeLeonardis, finalist, Personal Financial Literacy Event; Max Blacksten, finalist, Principles of Business Management and Admin; Min Soo Kim, finalist, Principles of Finance and Kara Bremser & Sasha Zeltser, finalist, Travel & Tourism Marketing Team.

True Food in Reston Hosting Job Fair All Next Week

True Food Kitchen’s newest restaurant at Reston Town Center (located specifically at 1901 Democracy Dr., Reston) is opening on April 28, and is hosting the final week of its job fair at its new location from April 5 – 10, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

True Food plans to hire 100 team members, including servers, bartenders, hosts/esses, chefs, cooks, dishwashers and more. True Food said its benefits include competitive salaries, restaurant discounts, professional mentorship and growth opportunities.

For more information, visit truefoodkitchen.com/reston. To apply online, visit truefoodkitchen.com/careers.

F.C. City Competes In Local Fitness Challenge

The City of Falls Church, along with Fairfax City and the Town of Vienna, are hosting the first Mayors’ Fitness Challenge, which kicks off April 3 and goes until May 29. The three municipalities are coming together to get citizens involved in a healthy competition to determine the Most Fit City/Town of 2021.

Interested participants can walk, bike, hike, practice yoga, play in the park — there are multiple opportunities to take part in the event.

Participants are encouraged to round up their family, friends and co-workers who live in these areas to join in on the fun. (Due to Covid-19, event organizers recommend individual workouts, or with those in a family/bubble, or outdoor workouts following

STRIDING INTO FIRST were the Mustangs’ boys cross country team against Manassas Park High School and Warren County High School on March 24, with the boys individual runners taking the top six places. (Photo: Carol Sly) BLOODIED AND MUDDIED were members of the Mustangs’ girls cross country team during their race against Manassas Park & Warren County last week, where they placed second behind Warren County. (Photo: Carol Sly)

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physical distancing guidelines).

During this eight week competition, everyone will participate by keeping track of their minutes of physical activity, which will be tallied up at the end by each jurisdiction to see who will be named “Most Fit Community.”

Pre-registration is required, but there is no deadline to register.

Participants can register at any time during the competition at the following links:

Fairfax City — apm.activecommunities.com/.../Activity_ Search/13790

City of Falls Church — fallschurchva.gov/register, Activity Number: 230001-1

Town of Vienna — viennava.gov/index.aspx?NID=545, Activity Number: 453701-A1

All participants are encouraged to practice social distancing and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines while exercising outside of the home.

For additional resources and suggestions visit cdc.gov/physicalactivity/how-to-be-physically-active-while-social-distancing.

McLean Student Wins VA Journalist of the Year

McLean High School senior Marina Qu has been named the 2021 Virginia Journalist of the Year by the Virginia Association of Journalism Teachers and Advisers.

Qu serves as editor-in-chief of The Highlander newsmagazine and The Tartan literary magazine; she has been on both publications’ staff for three years.

In her Journalist of the Year portfolio, Qu wrote, “Our role as student-journalists did not diminish in spite of the global emergency that was unfolding— our responsibilities were heightened. We overcame challenges that we didn’t know we would ever face. And we did it against all odds.”

Qu will compete for the Journalism Education Association’s national Journalist of the Year award, to be announced in April.

Online Class on Composting Techniques for Gardens

Interested participants can learn the basic composting tools and techniques they need to turn their yard and kitchen waste into black gold for their garden online on April 2 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. Extension Master Gardener Beth Buffington will explain how local gardeners can combine these skills with no till gardening to develop rich organic soil throughout their garden while reducing water runoff and soil erosion. Free. RSVP at mgnv.org/events to receive a link to participate.

Providence Players Opens New Virtual Show April 9

Providence Players of Fairfax is releasing their latest production, a virtual show titled “Boredom, Fear and Wine,” which will run from April 9 – 11. To watch the one-act, 15 minute play is free, but donations are strongly encouraged.

The play is about how when you’re stuck at home during a global pandemic, everything happens online — even therapy. Harper is suffering, and can’t reconcile feelings about the terrifying disease with the monotony of lockdown. Jess tries to be a sympathetic ear, but the session goes off the rails.

Visit providenceplayers.org for more information.

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